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Crocodile Facts: Habitat, Diet, and Traits

Crocodiles belong to the reptile family. They can run fast over short distances and have very sharp teeth to quickly chew their large prey. The largest species is the salt water crocodile. Crocodiles are cold-blooded and live in tropical climates near water, where they prey on fish, birds and frogs.

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Crocodile Facts: Habitat, Diet, and Traits

Crocodiles belong to the reptile family. They can run fast over short distances and have very sharp teeth to quickly chew their large prey. The largest species is the salt water crocodile. Crocodiles are cold-blooded and live in tropical climates near water, where they prey on fish, birds and frogs.

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Facts

Crocodiles belong to the

Crocodile
reptile family.

They can run fast over short


distances

They have very sharp


teethes that help them chew Fun Facts to
their big preys quickly.
learn about the
The muscles in their mouth
are not strong because scariest reptile
human hunters can open the
crocodiles mouth easily with in the water!
their hands

The salt water crocodiles are


the largest species of the
crocodile family.

Crocodiles are cold blooded


that means their
temperature changes with
their environment.
What do they eat? Where do crocodiles Interesting fun
Crocodiles are carnivores so live? facts
that they only eat meat.
Most crocodiles live in fresh Crocodiles have super night
In the wild life they eat fish, water. vision
birds and frogs
Today crocodiles can be found They lay 10 to 60 eggs at a
At the zoo they eat small in America, Africa and Asia. time.
animals that are killed.
They often live near places Some crocodiles lives up to
They sometimes crush their with lots of animals. 75 years.
prey and swallow them in one
gulp. Mostly they live in tropical People often confuse
climate places. crocodiles and alligators BUT
To help with their digestion,
you can spot them by looking
they swallow small stones During cold months, they
at their jaws
that help grind up the food in hibernate.

their stomach. o Crocodiles have V-


They hibernate by digging out
shaped jaws and
Crocodiles can live without a burrow in the side of rivers
alligators have U-
food for months. or lake.
shaped jaws.

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